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By John TothThe Bulletin
As promised, here is the account of how I managed to celebrate New Year’s Eve rather than snoozing away on my couch with the built-in sleeping potion.
It was hard, and I cheated some because I made the mistake of
watching a magician show on Netflix while lying on one of the living room couches. This couch has the same effect on me as 10 milligrams of Melatonin, so it didn’t take long before I was fighting off being pulled into dreamland.
It was New Year’s Eve, after all. The least I could do is ring in the New Year awake and celebrate with some sparkling water, or something like that.
I tried my hardest to keep my eyes open, but the couch got the best of me, and I was out for the count while the magician show was rolling on the screen. It was actually really interesting, but the sleeping-potion couch has greater powers.
I wrote earlier that falling asleep
Ramblings
By Jase GravesSpecial to The Bulletin
Now that the beautifully wrapped gifts have been ravaged, the lus-cious desserts have been inhaled, and Santa has packed his pepper-mint-striped Speedo for a vacation to his Jamaican resort, many holiday revelers find themselves experienc-ing the after-Christmas blues.
Following all of the frantic seasonal preparations, including at least 15 trips to Walmart for more almond bark, the abrupt conclusion of the festivities can come as quite a shock - and not just to the digestive system.
I often suffer acutely from this type of post-holiday funk myself. To
Angleton Chamber Special SectionSee Pages 9 - 15
The 2020 Greater Angleton Chamber Gala theme is “Havana Nights,” and the social will be held Jan. 16 from 6 to 10 p.m. at The Oaks at Oaks Plantation in Rosharon. Members and their guests are encouraged to dress in bright colors and Cuban-inspired attire. Above is a scene from the live-auction bidding at the 2019 Gala. For more information about the chamber, its people, this event and others, see our special section inside.
Fishing is better with kids and a pond stocked with rainbow troutBy Janice R. EdwardsThe Bulletin
This time of year, Texas Parks and Wildlife stocks neighborhood ponds, lakes and rivers with an amazing little cold-water fish – the rainbow trout. They do it to have safe winter fisheries. Rainbows are
a great way to teach children how to fish – they have no fins, teeth or toxins than can injure a child. An extra plus is the bait is not yucky, or stinky.
You can catch rainbows with
marshmallows, and corn – or pre-pared baits that look like marshmal-lows. And if you use short shank #8 hooks and ultra-light tackle, the fish can put on quite a show once they are hooked. They often take a run or take to the air – exciting to catch.
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The mechanics of how P1 is created at a metro dailyBy Ernie WilliamsonThe Bulletin
Do you ever see a newspaper’s front page and wonder how it got that way? Who picked the stories? Why that picture? What idiot did that?
Because these kinds of ques-tions will pop up frequently now
that it’s an election year, let’s look at how front-page decisions are made at big city dailies.
Before retiring, I spent almost 45 years working on front pages at Houston metropolitan newspapers.
I produced pages on war, peace, mass murders, hurricanes and space triumphs and space catas-trophes.
The Houston area changed during that time and so did the media landscape. Newspaper editors are struggling to keep up
All the world is a comedy stage
By Edward A. ForbesThe Bulletin
In literature, a comedic story has a happy or satisfactory conclusion. This isn’t what most of us think of as comedy. We tend to think of films, books or performers whose goal is to make us laugh. The literary definition tends to be more about the differ-ence between happy and unhappy.
We all have our role in the human comedy. We live a life that hopefully and mostly culminates in a satisfying fashion. We form relationships that survive the trials of time; we have children who, if they don’t meet our expectations, fulfill their own; and we have grandchildren who follow their paths, hopefully reflecting the values of their parents and grandparents.
We find in the end that our joy is more in the relationships than in any
Page 2 THE BULLETIN January 14, 2020 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.comHow are clouds formed?
What makes rain?
A cloud is made up of liquid water droplets. A cloud forms when air is heated by the sun. As it rises, it slowly cools and reaches the saturation point.
The water condenses, forming a cloud. As long as the cloud and the air that its made of is warmer than the outside air around it, it floats!
Clouds are white because light from the Sun is white. As light passes through a cloud, it interacts with the water droplets, which
are much bigger than the atmospheric particles that exist in the sky.
Warm air turns the water from rivers, lakes, and oceans into water vapor that rises into the air. That water vapor forms clouds, which contain small drops of water or ice crystals (depending on how high the cloud is and how cold it is).
As clouds rise higher and higher, the air gets colder and colder. When the water vapor in the cloud becomes too heavy, it falls back to the ground as rain or snow.
If the temperature all the way to the ground is above freezing, then--it’s raining!
When ice crystals form high up in the cloud, and it’s below the freez-ing point of water all the way down, then you get snow.
But when there are alternating layers of air above and below freez-ing, you get other types of precipita-tion.
Walt Disney movie “Bambi,” about a baby deer whose mother is shot and killed by hunters. Once news of the sentence spread, many members of the public offered to mail a DVD of “Bambi” to the jail. Perhaps the unusual sentence delivered a dose of empathy in the process.A river flows through it – the
Amazon RiverQ. “Amazing” is but one of many
words to describe South America’s Amazon River. Can you cite any of its numerical superlatives?
A. “From the Andes Mountains, where it begins, to its plume in the Atlantic, the mighty Amazon covers a 4,000-mile path — about as long as a trip to the center of the Earth,” says Daniel Bastardo Blanco in “Discover” magazine. (FYI, a plume occurs when freshwater currents mix with ocean water.) On average, the river empties more than 10 mil-lion cubic feet of water per second into the Atlantic. With clearwater and murkier blackwater at various places along the river, it’s believed that “the diverse water environment has contributed to the evolution of more than 3,000 known Amazonian fish species.”
Spanning more than 2.3 million square miles is the Amazon rainfor-est, the world’s largest, with over 160 inches of rainfall every year. Estimates are that some 16,000 species of trees live there, though just 227 species account for half of all the trees. But deforestation is taking its toll: “Scientists fear the forest is approaching a critical tip-ping point at which it will no longer be able to recycle enough moisture to support its own rainfall.”(Send STRANGE questions to brothers Bill and Rich at [email protected])
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Strange but TrueBy Bill Sonesand Rich Sones, Ph.D.
The power of natureQ. The western painted turtle,
the red-eared slider and the wood frog possess superior powers that researchers are trying to copy for the benefit of humankind. What powers?
A. Scientists’ understanding of the genetic underpinnings of their adaptations have improved with the mapping of all an animal’s genes — its genome, says Claire Ain-sworth in “New Scientist” magazine. The western painted turtle holds the record among four-legged animals for surviving without oxygen for more than 100 days; a human would normally be dead in minutes. The red-eared slider (a freshwater turtle) “can survive an impressive six weeks without oxygen under the ice and two days at room temperature, a remarkable feat of brain preserva-tion.” Possible human applications here include keeping transplant organs fresh without cooling, and addressing strokes, heart attacks and other conditions involving oxygen starvation.
The “poster beast” for enduring freezing and thawing is the wood frog, which survives harsh Cana-dian winters by letting two-thirds of its body freeze — “so solidly that
it makes a clinking noise if gently tapped.” This ability may provide a solution to a pressing medical prob-lem: Two-thirds of donated hearts go to waste each year because conventional freezing would destroy them.
As Ainsworth says, “Nature’s fan-tastic beasts can help us see what life is capable of.”
Watch this, poacher,and wheep
Q. How did a deer-hunting poacher wind up in jail with Bambi?
A. A Missouri deer-hunter had appeared before a judge on several occasions for misdemeanor infrac-tions and had been given two years of probation, but soon he and his friends were back again, “at the center of a laundry list of brutali-ties,” says Dan Lewis on his “Now I Know” website. According to NBC News, these included using illegal weapons, such as lights that tem-porarily blind deer at night, making them an easy kill; cruising in their vehicles and killing deer from the roadside; and sometimes cutting off the heads of the deer (to keep as trophies) and leaving the rest of the carcasses to rot.
This time the hunter was sentenced to a year in jail, with an added mandate: once each month, he would have to view the 1942
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BUT HE MIGHT MAKE A GOOD TELEMARKETER: A 71-year-old man in Tokyo found that his mobile phone was unable to pick up radio broadcasts as was guaranteed as part of his contract, so he called the company to complain – 24,000 times over a period of two-and-a-half years. He made thousands of calls in just eight days, before he was arrested for fraudulent obstruction of business.
YES, OFFICER, I’D KNOW IF I SAW HIM: Police in Marietta, Ohio, are looking for a man wanted for failure to provide a change of address for his sex offender registration. They said he has a tattoo on his face that says “Pot Head” with a pot leaf across his forehead and eyebrows.
SOMEBODY’S A LITTLE GRUMPY: An enormous bear came out of the woods in Granby, Conn., and destroyed a festive display that a homeowner had set up on the front steps of his house for Thanksgiv-ing. The animal mauled some pumpkins, smashed them on the paved walkway, and tried to eat the insides before giving up and leaving.
HEY, I THOUGHT A MAN’S CAR IS HIS CASTLE: Despite the fact that there was a warrant out for his arrest on an assault charge, a man decided to remove his clothing in his car and smoke marijuana in the parking lot of Kohl’s in Knightdale, N.C., on Black Friday. Some of that many thousands of Christmas shoppers who walked by his vehicle reported him.
SIR, THIS IS’NT A SERVICE WE PROVIDE: A man, who intended to return his cell phone by mail to a business in Columbus, Ind., accidentally mailed in a box containing his meth pipe and other drug paraphernalia instead.
I’LL HOLD MY BREATH ‘TIL I TURN BLUE: A woman on a flight from Pensacola to Miami demanded a bigger seat, and when she was refused, proceeded to fake a medical condition to get her way. Instead, the pilot turned the plane around and returned to Pensacola, where law enforcement took over the situation.
WELL, NOT EVERYONE LOOKS LIKE THEIR PICTURE: A woman used a picture of supermodel Kate Upton on her LinkedIn profile and fabricated her education and work history in an effort to get a lucrative government job in Australia that paid $270,000 a year. She was hired. But she worked only a month before she was found out.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK, OFFICER: A drunk attempted to run another driver off the road, and then started chasing his victim through Trumbull, Conn., so the victim led him right to police headquarters. The victim was telling an officer in the parking lot that the guy was after him when Mr. Road Rage pulled in. He got out of his pickup truck and approached them while taking off his shirt. You know the rest.
on New Year’s Eve is cheating, like jumping into a marathon right before the finish line and finishing first – or at least finishing. That’s the only way I would finish a marathon.
Well, I take it back.I woke up in plenty of time to
watch the clock wind down to midnight. To make sure that I would not return into dream world, we watched the last three episodes of “The Man in the High Castle” on
Amazon Prime.That did the trick. On that show,
in an alternate universe, the Nazis and Japanese win WWII and divide the U.S.A amongst each other. But there is a resistance that keeps both of them busy. If you are going to watch this, start at the very beginning, Season 1, and try not to binge-watch it too late into the night.
It’s an amazing ending, and the last thing I would do is give it away
here. I was hoping that the dysto-pian alt-history series would go on, but it ended with its fourth season.
I was wide awake as the last segment concluded at 12:15 a.m. on New Year’s Day. We missed midnight. That was about the time the resistance was trying to blow up the train. That’s all I am going to say, though. Happy viewing.
I didn’t even hear fireworks as the clock approached midnight. My overactive Yorkie appreciated that. One New Year’s Eve we went out to celebrate, and upon returning, found that one of our dogs that was hypersensitive to fireworks tore up my office trying to get out. Inside city limits we shouldn’t have this problem, and this time we didn’t.
Anyway, after the show the prob-lem was going back to sleep, so I stayed up until 2 a.m. before finally getting some shut-eye. Not even the sleeping potion couch helped.
Lesson learned: Don’t watch a magic show no matter how interest-ing while lying on the sleeping potion couch, especially not on New
Year’s Eve.I’ll try not to cheat next New
Year’s Eve. There is plenty of time left to practice.
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possessions we accumulate. We find that, rather than a satire, it is those relationships that provide our “comedy.”
We are influenced by the people we associate with. I was lucky and never knew if I chose well or if happenstance chose for me. I met people in high school whom I respected for the values they represented. Jimmy Springs and Beth Greenlees for their interest in art; Slim Springs for hard work and leadership; Luise Tiller for being outspoken and innovative; Linda Pringle for intelligence and work ethic; and Patricia Patterson for always being a ray of sunshine.
Others included Gilbert Roberts for being a goodhearted “bad boy;” Jessie Alvarez for making the most of any opportunity he had; William Robertson broadening my reading habits; my brother, Donnis, working to get along; my brother, Elroy, for making lemonade from the lemons life presented; my sister Joyce for a helping hand; my brother-in-law, Charles, for encouragement and support; and the list continues on and on.
Each person showed me a better path to take and how to look for and appreciate the good qualities of the people you encounter on your life’s journey.
Everyone has made their resolu-tions for the new year by this time, and some have already broken them. I have made the customary list - to lose weight, get in better physical condition and to be kind.
I have grown alarmed at the anger people are expressing. No variation in point of view is allowed by the intolerant, angry masses.
Therefore, I resolve that I will smile at every stranger I encounter, and I will make a positive comment. I will relinquish my place in line to the person starting to express anger and impatience. I will thank the person that provides service at any business with which I trade.
I won’t change the world, but just maybe I can change one person. It’s worth a try.
(Edward Forbes wants to hear from you. Email him at [email protected] or send comments by snail mail to The Bul-letin, PO Box 2426, Angleton TX. 77516.)
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BC’s free program registering for pipefitter, electrician trainingRegistration is currently ongo-
ing for a new session of Brazos-port College’s popular Jumpstart program. The program is currently registering for its pipefitting and electrical programs.
For those who qualify, Jumpstart can provide the job training needed to enter a high-demand, high-wage career. Even better, the program is free.
Jumpstart is a nine-week pro-gram that is conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 8:30 to noon on Friday. The program focuses on intensive, hands-on training that is designed to help one enter a new career in a short amount of time.
The new training sessions for pipefitters and electricians begin Monday, Feb. 3 and runs through Tues., April 21. Orientation is
scheduled for Jan. 30. All course expenses, including tuition, books, tools and lab materials, may be covered.
Seats in this program are limited. Being a grant-based program, certain criteria must be met in order to qualify for tuition assistance in the program.
Successful completers will earn nine college credits, an Occupa-tional Skills Award from Brazosport College, a NCCER Core Curriculum
Certification and Blue Card, and a NCCER Level 1 Craft Helper Certification. A job fair will also be conducted at the conclusion of the program.
Brazosport College is also offer-ing office administration job training through its Jumpstart program, but classes for the Spring 2020 semes-ter are full.
For more information, visit www.brazosport.edu/jumpstart or call (979) 230-3242.
Vocational careers are well-rewardedIn 2018, the median salary for dental hygienists was $74,820 per year,
$35.97 per hour.Air traffic controllers make a salary of around $124,540 each year,
$59.87 per hour. For electrical power-line technicians, the median salary is $65,880 per
year, $31.67 per hour.In 2018, boilermakers earned a median pay of $62,150 per year.
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They are also good to eat.Roy and I have followed the pond
stockings for years and have fished for them in all different bodies of water. For years when we were younger, we made the 5 1⁄2 -hour trip and tent-camped in freezing (liter-ally) winter weather to catch fish in a clear-moving water river, the South Llano. They are more of a challenge to catch in moving water, and I think they even taste better cooked over a campfire on a cold night. But I digress.
Texas Parks and Wildlife pub-lishes a Rainbow Trout Stocking Schedule each year around the end of November. The list tells you where (what city and body of water) and when, how many trout will be released and from what hatchery they originated. You can call the hatchery to make sure the stocking is on schedule.
Anglers will need a freshwater fishing license, but youth under 17 years of age do not require a license. Anglers are allowed 5 rain-bow trout a day – no size limit. If you are fishing, especially with kids,
take along a hand towel to be able to hold on to the fish once catching one. They are so slick and strong that most people cannot hold on to them without the towel in order to get the hook out.
Rainbows live year-round only below the dam on the Guadalupe River, and there are some additional restrictions if you fish for them there.
Brazoria County is only getting rainbow stockings in two parks this year: Centennial Park Pond in Pearland (1,650 fish stocked 1-22-20); and First Capital Park Pond in West Columbia (500 fish stocked 12-11-19). Usually, Brazoria County also gets rainbows in Resoft Park (between Pearland and Alvin on Hwy. 35.) We received no fish there this year since the county parks department is sculpting and deep-ening the bottom of the pond.
Resoft is where Roy and I had one of our more memorable rainbow trout fishing trips. When we lived in Houston, we could leave work, go directly to Resoft Park, catch our limit of trout and be home in time for the nightly news.
One Saturday when we were
there, we put out 2 rods each, and as soon as we got them set, the fun was on. We quickly had to go to only one rod. Man, were they biting! And jumping!
There was a family next to us renting the pavilion to celebrate a birthday. They had several children, and three of their boys went fishing. They all had tackle large enough to catch whales – not rainbows. Two of them took off around the pond, but the third boy stood there and watched us catch fish after fish. He was handicapped with physically visible issues, and he could barely grasp his rod.
We were close to our limit when Roy asked the young man if he would like to catch a fish. He was quick to say yes. So, Roy walked back to the pavilion with him and asked his father if it was alright, and he gave his consent. The first thing we did was let the young man pick up the next rod that bent. The rainbow was hooked, and it put up quite a show jumping. Roy held the rod for the young man while he laboriously reeled in the fish. Seeing the look of pride on his face was worth a million bucks.
Roy asked him if he wanted to eat the first fish he ever caught, and he replied that he did. Roy cleaned the fish, and his father cooked it for him on the pit. His dad was proud.
Now we were at our limit, but … the fish were still biting. We asked the young man if he wanted to catch a limit of trout. He said he did, and Roy showed him how to bait the hook and put it in the water. The fight was on again. Success again.
We helped the young man catch his limit in about five minutes. As we put the last fish on the stringer, his cousins came by. They had been skunked, and tauntingly asked our fishing friend if he had caught any-thing – they just KNEW he hadn’t. The young man replied that he had and pulled up his stringer. You could have knocked his cousins over with a feather as they chewed on their
humble pie. I’ll never forget the smile on that
young man’s face – he had done something his cousins couldn’t. He had success at doing something – maybe for the first time in his life. Then he had trout for dinner, and Roy and I left Resoft with our limit of fish that day - and much more.
For more information about rainbow trout stockings, visit: https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/management/stocking/trout_stocking.phtml
(Write Jan in care of The Bulletin. Email: [email protected]. Snail mail: The Bulletin, PO Box 2426, Angleton TX, 77516.)
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When I started at the Houston Post in 1971, it was a male-domi-nated newsroom where front-page decisions were made by only a couple of editors. By the time the paper closed in 1995, it had a Hispanic editor, and news meet-ings had grown in size and become more inclusive. More views were presented.
Similarly, when I left the Houston Chronicle 6 years ago the selection process was also much more inclu-sive. There were almost 20 people in the Chronicle news meetings.
Most morning newspapers follow similar meeting schedules. If you have seen the movies “Spotlight” or “All the President’s Men,” you received an accurate glimpse at how these meetings work.
At a mid-morning meeting, department heads present to a senior editor what they are covering that day. Department heads include those supervising local, national and world news, business, sports,
photography, various bureaus and features sections such as fashion, food and entertainment.
And, of course, today there are online editors. In truth, the rapid growth of the web has reduced the importance of the news meetings because now news decisions are being made all day.
At that morning meeting, a senior editor will ask questions and usu-ally give guidance about the most promising stories. Although nothing is finalized, everyone goes back to work with a plan for the day, know-ing it could all change.
There is a late afternoon meeting of the same people, plus the night editor and a page designer. It is at this meeting that editors argue stories on or off the front page. Many reporters and editors still measure their successes by how many of their stories end up on the front page.
Much of the afternoon meeting is devoted to selecting pictures and designing the page. The design of the page will dictate the size of the headlines to be written later on.
To keep a wall between the newsroom and the editorial depart-ment, editorial and opinion page editors don’t attend these meetings.
As the makeup of the news meetings has changed, so have the types of stories selected for the front page. When I started at newspapers, front pages were dominated by government announcements, crime stories, meetings between world leaders and pictures of public officials and businessmen.
Now some of those stories have been pushed back into the paper and replaced by more analysis, more lifestyle stories and more enterprise reporting.
One thing hasn’t changed: Local news is a priority.
It’s the job of the night editor and his team to execute the plan. They make sure stories meet expecta-tions, that they are edited properly and that headlines are accurate. The night editor will also make decisions on replacing agreed upon front-page stories with late-breaking news. One late bulletin can ruin a
day’s planning. All this is done on deadline. I did
this job for years and only yelled “Stop the presses” once – that was the night of the Bush-Gore cliff-hanger.
I always figured it was my job to get late news in the paper so there were occasions when, if the story was big enough, I would bust deadlines.
The next day there would be a familiar round of finger-pointing.
Folks in the field delivering papers, who often had other day
jobs to get to, would complain to the pressroom that papers were late. The pressroom would go to the publisher and complain that it was the newsroom’s fault. The publisher would yell at my boss. My boss, of course, would go through the motions and scold me. He often had his fingers crossed.
I miss it.(Ernie Williamson welcomes
reader input. Please contact Ernie at [email protected]. Or, send letters in care of The Bulletin, PO Box 2426, Angleton, TX. 77516)
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• Samsung just revealed an ‘artificial human’ called Neon: a humanoid AI with the ability to learn about you and ‘show’ emotions.
They’re not AI assistants; they’re ‘virtual living beings’ that can develop new skills, form memories, and become your ‘friend.’
• In 2012, a Burger King employee anonymously posted a photo on social media of him putting his feet in lettuce saying: “This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King.”
It only took 20 minutes for users to uncover the branch he worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.
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me, the days and weeks following Christmas can be a real Old Yeller death scene. With nothing to look forward to other than filing articles of impeachment against my triglycer-ides, a personal reboot is always in order. By following a few simple steps, I’ve learned how to overcome the despair brought on by the pros-pect of having to go back to work
and put on pants before noon.First, unless you’re one of those
cringey neighbors who leaves unsupervised strings of Christmas lights loitering around your gutters until Memorial Day, I suggest pack-ing away your decorations as soon as possible. Even so much as a half-eaten limited-edition snowman Marshmallow Peep found under the couch cushions in late January
can trigger a post-holiday depres-sion meltdown, so a thorough decor detox is an absolute necessity. To make the process more tolerable, I recommend getting the whole family involved. This year, I’ve enlisted my three teen daughters by withholding all Starbucks privileges until the last tuft of artificial snow is safely in the attic.
Once your delightfully tacky Yule-tide accessories are in storage, why not tackle a few home-improvement projects? With the remnants of my Christmas vacation on life-support, I recently decided it was time to deal with the biohazards partying on our bathroom sink drain stoppers. But I was hardly prepared for the trauma about to be visited upon my gag reflexes. And I won’t even attempt to describe the interdimensional ecto-plasm that wound up lodged under my fingernails,when I yanked them out. (I’m now seriously considering installing an outhouse.)
Another effective strategy in smiting the after-Christmas blues involves returning all of your unwanted gifts and using the refunds for things you really need - like luxury underwear and Mexican food. I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the more I value a sleek and bracing pair of boxer briefs with a forgiving waistband, no matter the cost. Adorned with the latest in decadent unmentionables, I can proceed in full confidence to the nearest Tex-Mex joint and order an endless conveyor belt of chips, salsa and queso dip to cleanse my palate of all that rich holiday fare. There really is something to be said for getting back to the basics of clean eating.
Whatever method you choose to avoid wallowing in the dismal aftermath of the holidays, it’s impor-tant to move on and consider the bright future before you. After all, a new year is dawning, promising more bitter politics, juicy celebrity scandals, and new episodes of “The Bachelor.”
And if none of that sounds appealing, you can always just leave your Christmas lights up and head back to Walmart for more almond bark.
Copyright 2019. Graves is an award-winning humor columnist from East Texas. Contact Graves at [email protected].
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The Angleton Chamber of Commerce is hosting
January 16 at The Oaks at Oak Plantation - 19706 FM 521, Rosharon - 6-10 p.m.
Mark your calendars for a Cuban-inspired night of dinner, dancing, and celebrating another great year for our community!
2017 2019
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2019 Gala GalleryThe Greater Angleton Chamber’s 2019 Gala theme was “There’s no business like your business!” It was held at the Courtyard by Marriott. Brazosport Big Band provided live orchestra music. Each gala has a live and silent auction. These events are made possible by the support of members, sponsors, volunteers and staff. For tickets, sponsorships or auction donations, please call the chamber at (979) 849-6443.
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For four years on Angleton City Council, I have worked hard to listen to my constituents, advocate for solutions to their concerns, and serve my community and the Republican Party. If elected to be your next State Representative, I will continue my conservative track record of delivering common-sense solutions to issues, stand up for the sanctity of human life, vote to reign in government, and fight for further property tax reform.
Early Voting: Feb. 18-28 | Election Day: Mar. 3 Pd. Pol. Adv. by Cody Vasut, Treasurer
2019 Falala GalleryThe Angleton Chamber held their Annual Ladies Night Out event on Dec. 7 at The Oaks at Oak Plantation in Rosharon. There was great food, dancing, auctions, and guests got a start on some holiday shopping with the vendors at the event.
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We’re proud to announce Officer Abigail Rose Arias #758 as our 2019 Citizen of the Year. Abigail and her family were honored at the 10th Annual Awards Luncheon on Jan. 9.
Angleton Chamber awards winners named at luncheon
Angela Dees, left, incoming 2020 Angleton Chamber chair, is shown with winners of the 10th annual Angleton Chamber awards luncheon and Chairman’s address held Jan. 9 at Magnolia Manor at The Springs in Angleton. Shown are the Arias family members, representing Freeport Officer #758 Abigail Arias, age 7, who was honored as Citizen of the Year and attended Elementary school in Angleton; William (Bill) Fondren, Ambassador of the Year; Phil Edwards representing AISD, Pioneer Award; Mayor Jason Perez representing City of Angleton, which won the Champion of Business Award; and Mark Holian, 2019 Chair. In back are left, Belinda Gaines, President’s Award winner; and Christina Korenek, Volunteer of the Year.
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Thank you for all you do!Angleton Chamber of
Commerce
Chamber honors members, volunteers at awards luncheonThe Angleton Chamber held its
10th Annual Awards Luncheon Jan. 9 at The Springs’ Magnolia Manor.
A new award was added this year, Champion of Business, which was given to the City of Angleton and accepted by Mayor Jason Perez, who said, “We’re open for busi-
ness.” Outgoing Chair Mark Holian said the city has gone through a large transformation under Perez.
Other winners honored were Citizen of the Year, Freeport Officer #758 Abigail Arias, sponsored by the Olin Corp.; Bill Fondren, Ambassador of the Year, presented
by BASF; Angleton ISD, Pioneer Award, presented by MSR Houston; Christina Korenek, Volunteer of the Year, given by Dow Chemical; and Belinda Gaines, President’s Award, sponsored by Palms Funeral Home.
City wins Champion of Business award
Mark Holian, left, 2019 Angleton Chamber Chair, presents the new Champion of Business Award to Mayor Jason Perez of Angleton, who accepted it for the city.
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The Angleton Chamber of Commerce held a board retreat recently at the Brazoria County Airport.
Angleton Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Classs of 2019.
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Executive BoardChair
Angela DeesPast Chair Mark HolianChair Elect
Jeff BilyeuTreasurer Anne AllstottVice-Chair
Belinda GainesVice-Chair
Shane JenningsVice-Chair
Gina LanglinaisSecretary/President/CEO
Beth JourneayBoard Members
Amy CondonPatty Cryan
Anthony MasonChristi McCrackenBeth Reimschissel
Travis SmithMark SoileauDr. Ron Slate
Heather Ogburn StokesMichael Washburn
Angleton Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Ambassador Team meets monthly, represents chamber, communityAmbassadors are the movers and shakers of the community. The
chamber’s most valuable resource, the Ambassadors act as the public extension of the Chamber.
Purely a volunteer club, they are our members greatest resource as well. Active with ribbon cuttings, grand openings, and all events, they are the people in the know and the insiders of everything going on in Angleton.
Their wealth of knowledge and know-how are a benefit to everyone in the Angleton area.
If you are interested in joining the Ambassador Team, or learning more about the program, please contact Michele Allison at (979) 849-6443 or email [email protected].
Shown are Angleton Chamber Ambassadors from September meeting.
Angleton Chamber Ambassador meeting in October drew a big group.
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pinto beans, jello, cornbread, dessert.Meals served at 11:30 a.m. Meals on Wheels available - call before 9:30
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not overlook sin. The important thing is not to focus on the evil of others, but to acknowledge our own sin before a forgiving God. It was man’s disobedience that brought heartache and injustice into the world.
Take time to read about the great heartaches of those who have gone before us and how they looked to God for peace in its midst.
A young Irishman, Joseph Scriven (1820-1886), was deeply in love with a young woman, and their marriage plans had been made. The night before their wedding she drowned. For months, Scriven was in utter despair.
At last he turned to Christ, and through His grace, found peace, and wrote the familiar hymn that
(Send your queries to “My Answer,” c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: www.billygraham.org.)
Comfort the sick with God’s guidanceFrom the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
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Q: There are too many good people suffering, and many other people who get by with the most dastardly deeds. While many say that God is a Friend, He seems unfair. - D.G.
A: What seems unfair to us is not unfair by God’s standard. God is just and righteous. He does no wrong. The human spirit is always looking for an excuse. When we refuse to acknowledge God’s truth - that no one is good, no not one (Romans 3:10) - we turn and blame God, the merciful One, who sent His Son to die in our place.
The Word of God also teaches that evil will not go unpunished. We may not see the results of this in others’ lives, but God does
has brought consolation to mil-lions of aching hearts: “What a friend we have in Jesus / All our sins and griefs to bear!”
Sometimes our way lies in the sunlight. Other times it lies in the path of sorrow. Yet even sorrows turn to blessings when they make us less attached to the world and more attached to God. Then more than ever we discover that Jesus truly is our friend. “What a privilege to carry, everything to God in prayer.”
field — as roster insurance.Oddsmakers immediately
upgraded Philly’s Super Bowl chances from extreme longshot to a puncher’s chance.
Sun Block Dept.The Houston Texans played their
wild-card game on a Saturday for the sixth straight time.
In lieu of watching Patriots game films, the Texans’ video room lightened the mood with “Never on Sunday.”
Quote, end quote— Jets RB Le’Veon Bell, to
reporters, grousing about all the league-mandated drug tests and bloodwork he’s had to take: “It feels like they’re trying to clone me or something.”
— Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, on the Seahawks failing to deliver a last-minute TD from the 1-yard-line in a big game once again: “We may have to call Pete Carroll Repeat Carroll.”
— Useful household hint making the rounds on the internet: “Remem-
SPORTS STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSEDBy Dwight PerryThe Seattle Times (TNS)
SIDELINE CHATTER
But the coin is less valuable at Roland Garros
Here’s one guy who can win for love or money: Roger Federer. The tennis star’s likeness will be minted on a Swiss 20-franc silver coin.
Can’t eat at Joe’sMaddon’s Post — the Wrig-
leyville restaurant co-owned by Joe Maddon — closed after just seven months in business and just three months after Maddon was fired as Cubs manager.
Repeat customers figured some-thing was amiss when the bar ran out of relief pitchers.
Pass the tire pumpThanks to Bill Belichick’s Naval
Academy ties, the Midshipmen football team got to fly to Memphis for the Liberty Bowl in the Patriots’ team jet.
But the Middies reportedly did check, just to be safe — and no, the tires weren’t underinflated.
Help wantedCleveland ranked 173rd among
182 qualifying cities as the toughest place to find a job, according to a WalletHub study.
Then again, it was 182nd before the Browns started cleaning house.
Paging Brad PittHere’s one NFL film destined to
get bad reviews: “Al Riveron Runs Through It.”That’s a 9-game homestandDisneyland temporarily closed
its gates to visitors on Dec. 27, announcing that the theme park had reached its peak capacity of 80,000 or so.
“Peak capacity — what’s that?” asked the Miami Marlins.
Bowling for answersAfter getting throttled, 38-10, by
Texas, will Utah’s offseason theme be “Forget the Alamo”?
Cue up the fight songThe injury-riddled Eagles signed
RB Elijah Holyfield — son of former heavyweight champ Evander Holy-
ber, every time the Browns fire a coach, you should change the air filter in your furnace.”
— Ex-USC QB Carson Palmer, to the L.A. Times, on the condition of his 2002 Heisman Trophy: “The base of it is beat up. It looks like it’s played in a game, like the Bengals’
offensive line has pass-protected for it.”
— Red Wings center Dylan Larkin, to the Detroit Free Press, on possibly being fan-voted as one of the “Last Men In” to play in the NHL All-Star Game: “Please don’t vote. I like the days off more.”
Balancing work and life = happiness• Researchers have found that the happiest countries in the world stress
the importance of a work-life balance. Full-time employees work less than 40 hours a week, begin their days earlier to finish around 4 p.m. and receive at least four weeks of paid vacation every year.
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Solutions
ACROSS1 Powerful watchdogs7 Silk Road desert11 Pulls a Halloween prank on, for short14 Put a new handle on15 “... wish __ a star”16 Part of the fam.17 Very close19 Police blotter letters
20 Daughter of Polonius21 Dependable source of income23 Tearful queen25 Short strings?26 More skittish29 Dark mark33 Admonish34 Artisan pizzeria feature37 Seventh in a Greek series38 Birthday party staple, and a hint
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to this puzzle’s circles40 Big Band __41 Pastoral residences43 Huff44 Self-involvement45 Williams of talk TV47 “The Square Egg” author49 Square, e.g.51 Former Jesuit school official55 Stretch59 Sushi selection60 Holiday to-do list task62 “The Miracle Worker” comm. method63 2016 MLB retiree64 Online newsgroup system65 Pop artist Lichtenstein66 Sun., on Mon.67 Mother in Calcutta
DOWN1 Ponte Vecchio’s river2 Conserve3 Foot part4 Hornswoggled5 Charlotte __6 Frequent discount recipient7 Word with water or air8 Energy org. since 19609 Florida city, familiarly10 They’re kept in pens11 Dash, but not dot12 Orange __13 Picnic dishes18 Smidge22 Sci-fi award24 Values highly26 Spouted vessel27 Palm fruit28 1954 Best Actress Oscar winner30 Some den leaders31 Cycle starter?32 Showtime title forensic techni-cian, familiarly34 Aspen gear35 Scary-sounding lake36 NASA part: Abbr.38 Soft sound39 Meyers of “Kate & Allie”42 Certain happy hour exclamation43 Bit of 11-Down gear45 Borrow the limit on46 Combat47 Sharp weapon48 “You __ grounded!”50 ‘70s TV lawman Ramsey52 Auction venue53 Bit of TLC?54 WBA decisions56 Muse count57 Goes with58 Spanish pronoun61 D.C. summer hrs.(C) 2020 TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY, LLC.
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grit and determination. You may become fixated on solving problems and fixing failures. You can easily switch gears to enjoy carefree time with loved ones.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Thinking outside the box may be your specialty. Putting your creative genius to practical use, however, may require a great deal more effort than anticipated. Ask for help, and you’ll likely receive it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Hang out with people who promote positivity. You may meet people who inspire you to adjust your outlook on life in uplifting ways. You may feel more attractive or receive unex-pected admiration.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Respect the rights of others who wish to act independently, and they will respect your rights in return. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to exchange affectionate sweet noth-ings with a romantic partner.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your enthusiasm, productivity
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): An abundance of physical energy and high spirits makes your popularity rise to new heights. Your efforts will be rewarded with admiration as well as a bigger bank balance.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may be called upon to volunteer time to a worthy cause or participate in a public event. You can expand your network of friends by joining groups that gather for a worthwhile purpose.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Focus on being friendly and outgo-ing. Loved ones and friends have been tolerant of your occasional rants and raves in the past but may need you to become more open-minded and obliging.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Getting out and about is the best prescription for cabin fever. A trip to the market may satisfy your wan-derlust. A partner will appreciate any steps you take to save money.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You can smile even when you are filled with
and dedication to living up to your commitments could be more notice-able. Keep a pen handy to jot down notes, as some of your ideas could be revolutionary.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Brotherly love could bubble up from your heart and overpower a tendency to be businesslike. Speak-ing your mind on certain issues can win you friends if you exercise diplomacy, discretion and tact as this week unfolds.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Make a decision before your plans are hijacked by someone else. In the coming week you can be more resolute and aggressive when faced with choices. Act in your own best interest without taking advantage of others.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your ability to make money may improve if you tap into energetic impulses. Distribute free samples of your products or show generos-ity toward others to win favorable attention and spread goodwill.
History of the World On This DayJanuary 14
1784 - The United States rati-fied a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War.
1878 - Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone for Britain’s Queen Victoria.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to fly in an airplane while in office. He flew from Miami, FL, to French Morocco, where he met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to discuss World War II.
January 151777 - The people of New Con-
necticut (now the state of Vermont) declared their independence.
1863 - “The Boston Morning Journal” became the first paper in the U.S. to be published on wood pulp paper.
1913 - The first telephone line between Berlin and New York was inaugurated.
January 161919 - The 18th Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, which pro-hibited the sale or transportation of
alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
1920 - Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
1925 - Leon Trotsky was dis-missed as Chairman of the Revo-lutionary Council of the USSR.
January 171773 - Captain Cook’s Resolu-
tion became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle.
1893 - The Kingdom of Hawaii’s monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
1934 - Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people’s car, a “Volkswagen,” to the new German Reich government.
January 181911 - For the first time an
aircraft landed on a ship. Pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
1919 - The World War I Peace Congress opened in Versailles, France.
1943 - U.S. commercial bakers stopped selling sliced bread. Only whole loaves were sold during the ban until the end of World War II.
January 191883 - Thomas Edison’s first vil-
lage electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.
1907 - The first film reviews appeared in “Variety” magazine.
1915 - George Claude, of Paris, France, patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertis-ing signs.
January 20Happy birthday to Bulletin pub-
lisher Sharon Allen Toth.1801 - John Marshall was
appointed chief justice of the United States.
1841 - The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It was returned to the Chinese in 1997.
1885 - The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.
1887 - The U.S. Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
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Expanded BrazCon returns to Manvel HS Feb. 15Come one, come all to the
4th annual BrazCon Teen Comic Convention! This year’s BrazCon will be held at Manvel High School on Satur-day, Feb. 15, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
You MUST have a ticket to enter! Free tickets are available on Eventbrite.com and are in limited supply, so grab yours today!
BrazCon is happy to pres-ent author April Henry, cour-tesy of Macmillan Publishing, at this year’s event. Ms. Henry, author of “The Lonely Dead and the Girl,” Stolen series, will have her session at 1 p.m. in the auditorium.
New for this year, live music! Wizard-rock band, Percy and the Prefects, will be playing at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. So, come rock out with these wiz-ards and hear songs inspired by the Harry Potter series.
The Cosplay Contest will
be held in the auditorium. If you are interested in partici-pating, sign up online at the web address below or by 10 a.m. at the event. The contest will be held at 12 p.m. in the auditorium.
There will also be crafting, gaming, vendors, a K-Pop DJ and so much more!
For more information about specific activities and ses-
sions, visit bcls.lib.tx.us/brazcon.
BrazCon is brought to you by the Brazoria County Library System, Communi-ties in Schools –Texas Joint Venture, and Alvin ISD. Saturday, Feb. 15 will be a fun-filled day packed with something for everyone. Be sure to grab a free ticket on Eventbrite.com and join us!
Come see her speak at 1 p.m. and meet her afterwards! Her books will be sold on-site.
Author April Henry to speak
at BrazCon
Millions sickened across U.S. as flu season ramps upNew York Daily News (TNS)
The flu virus continues to spread across the U.S. with mil-lions of illnesses estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to the CDC, an estimated 3.7 million people have had the flu already this year with 32,000 requiring hospitalization.
Nearly 2,000 people, includ-ing 19 children, have died so far, reported the CDC.
There is elevated flu activity in nearly every state, and 30 states report the virus as widespread.
Tamiflu and Xofluza and other
antiviral medications have shown to be 99% effective against the flu viruses the CDC has tested.
Experts are encouraging people to get the flu shot if they still haven’t. The vaccine is safe for anyone over
6 months of age, asserts the CDC.After getting the shot, it is
recommended people cover their mouths and noses when coughing and sneezing and washing hands regularly with soap and water.
Beware of home improvement scamsFrom AARP
If you are a homeowner, it’s not uncommon to have contrac-tors show up on your doorstep uninvited. They say they happened to be doing some work in the neighborhood and noticed that your house needs some repairs, too. They’ll offer to fix your roof, repave your driveway or perform other repairs or renovations, for what sounds like a great price.
When that happens, be wary: The smiling fix-it man or woman at your door might turn out to be an unscrupulous contractor or an outright con artist, out to fleece you with a home improvement scam.
Shady contractors will often ask for payment up front. Some simply disappear with your money. Others will do shoddy work or claim to have discovered some hidden problem in your house that needs immediate attention and signifi-cantly raises the cost (a dishonest variation of the sales tactic known as upselling).
Con artists look to prey on hom-eowners when they are vulnerable. If your house has been damaged by a storm or natural disaster, a scammer may show up and try to persuade you to sign over the pay-ment from your insurance company.
Some crooks seek out older homeowners with memory or cognitive problems, hoping to con them into paying multiple times for the same work.
Here’s what you can do to avoid being victimized by a home repair scam.
Beware of contractors who say they stopped by because they just happen to be in your neighborhood. The good ones are usually too busy to roam around in search of work.
Be skeptical if a contractor says he can offer a lower price because he’ll be using surplus material. That could mean he overbilled a previous customer or didn’t finish the work.
Don’t pay cash. Use a check or credit card, or arranging financ-ing.
Don’t put down a big deposit. The initial payment should be no more than a third of the total estimate, payable on the day the materials arrive.
Don’t let the contractor arrange financing for you. The FTC warns that you might be tricked into signing up for a home-equity loan with hefty fees or a high interest rate, or one in which the lender pays the contractor directly.
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Is alkaline water healthier for bodies?Mayo Clinic News Network (TNS)
For most people, plain water is better. But it’s important to under-stand the definition of alkaline water. Scientists use pH to describe how acidic or basic a substance is, with a range from 0 to 14. Pure water has a pH of 7, meaning it’s neutral.
Fluids with a pH under 7, such as coffee and soda, are acidic. Sub-stances with a pH over 7, such as baking soda, are basic, or alkaline.
Alkaline waters have a pH around 8 or 9. Some vendors use water that has a naturally higher pH, while others say that they create alkaline water through an ionization process.
Alkaline water companies make a host of claims, saying it’s better at rehydrating the body, and that it will detoxify and “balance” your body, help you lose weight, and prevent or even treat cancer. However, there’s little credible research showing that alkaline water benefits your health in any important way. In general, be wary of promoted research on alka-line water, as some of these studies are small or funded by alkaline water companies.
Some studies also suggest that alkaline water might help slow bone loss, but further investigation is needed to determine if this influ-ences overall bone mineral density and if the benefit is maintained over the long term.
